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Hello, Looks like I don't know much, as this should be an easy ID. Thanks

Hi. I found this fossil on the Lake Michigan shore in rocks that were brought in for a seawall, so I don't know where it might actually be from. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Hi All! I found this interesting piece of rock near my house in Alpine, Wyoming. I was at approximately 7000ft elevation in the Snake River Range when I found it. I don't know what era the rock here is from. Fossil Butte National Monument is about 100 miles south of here with fossils from the Eocene if that helps. Thanks for looking, Steve.

Hi, I have been finding these round stones and thought that they were small concretions. Then I found one that was more oval in shape, just wanted to get a second opinion. The first picture is of the round one and the second one is the one that really seems out of place. Is this shape normal for concretions, I have seen them on the internet shaped like peanuts. I really don't know a lot about it, just what I have googled in the past few days, any info would be greatly appreciated and fun, thanks so much.

So, occasionally at work I scour the land for fossils. The land for the port of Tampa has been dredged up from the gulf of mexico, and I have found numerous fossils and artifacts. I have ran across two of the specimens that I'm showing you now. It's something geological, I can assure you. I can't find any answers in the UF books or websites for what this may be. I think it is more recent as it has been found with modern bivalves. It is encased with limestone which fisses with vinegar, but the actual ball does not. It is a sphere, but not perfect. Help me figure this one out, or at least point me in the right direction! Cheers!

we find these in the Morrison formation here in Wyoming. They look a lot like, and I've always thought they were some kind of nut or seed pod. They are rare in most of the Morrison but when you find them, you find a lot. Usually in a central location they will be lots of them but as you go out further they become fewer. just like you would find around acorns around a oak tree. '

Greetings from the sea. We live on a boat here in Ladysmith, have done so for a few years now. My interest in fossils is recent. I am a watch enthusiast that dabbles in repair and watchmaking. I thought I would like to make a watch using a fossil as the face. I acquired an ammonite cut in half. I need help/advice on how I can get a slice/wafer thin enough to accommodate the movement. I figured if I can just get the overall thickness to fit, which I did, I could hollow out a section to fit the quartz movement. My first attempt ended in disaster when it fractured when trying to drill a hole. Any thoughts on my project would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Doug Smith

While hiking a dry riverbed I came across this. It has a few shell imprints, which is very common here, but the rounded area I've never seen before. Is this a fossil or have I just come across a neat rock formation? I'm still trying to resize the photos but if you need a different picture, let me know. Thanks!

Found this on my morning hike up the Frio River bed and it looks to be solid flint but something tells me there might be something interesting inside of it. I’m not real knowledgable on what geodes look like but it’s about the size of a large canteloupe and fairly heavy. Has a layer of petina forming around it.

Please help with identification. Found in Florida in fill sand.

Daughter found this at auction. Would you identify this for us? Thank you!

Hello, from Armenohori area, near Moni, 5km from sea, usual chalk, chert, white looking earth. Photos of side and back as well. its like a tile.

It's somewhat heavy and had pearl like patina

Found near limestone quarry St. George - Governor's beach area. Not the only one of this type. The inside is 6cm diameter, the specimen is 1cm thick. photo 3 is the back side. The backside appears to be a small circle then 2 stripes around it.

Hi, it's been so long since I have been on the forum. I found something yesterday that isn't necessarily a fossil. Like I said, it has been too long, the last time the forum looked a little different and there was a section for rock classification. If I have done this incorrectly, please forgive me in advance. I just think this rock is very unusual. The color is sort of chalky white and it is very heavy. There are lots of crystal type sparkly things that I don't think I can capture with my camera. I don't think it is a geode because it seems like the wrong color. Thanks so much.

Hi everyone! I've been going through a few piles of all my pretty things I drag home from the wilderness and came across a few of these peculiar looking blobs I found last summer in Kentucky. They're pretty boring, and I figure if they are even fossils at all, they're still not quite as fun as a shark or even a pretty shell or coral, but still figured I'd see some opinions before I go too happy with my diamond bits to see what's inside. I've thought these were just quirky little round geologic blobs but then found that the smaller one does appear to have some sort of influence on the material throughout as I was grinding around it. I got this in the same area of central Kentucky (Hart County region) where I grew up and periodically re-visit family. I picked them up with the typical little shell and algae type patterns I always find there. I've gotten a few like this, various sizes though they range between the two examples I'm showing in the photos below. Like the ones in the photos, they appear to have been broken off of a shelf type rock. They are surrounded by a smooth type of rock, that is not quite all sandy/grainy, and rather solid compared to the more light type of material that is so common there. They're usually pretty solid and while I thought originally the rock was the very dusty type of sandstone that would chip away easy, I found when I tried to grind it down that it actually becomes much smoother below the crud layer on top. The photos show the look of the rock that is around the actual knobs--I have not yet messed with the blobs themselves because I wanted to see how they may differ from the surrounding rock if at all. I hope that I have shown the area on the side of the rock. The side cut is natural, these are exactly as I picked off the ground, so the sharp cuts are as found, though I'm obviously grinding away in thin layers. It may be a coincidental artifact of normal geological design, but the round "circle" on that sharp straight side appears to be what you'd expect if the round blob were indeed a separate material that was stuck in matrix? I get so frustrated with the inability to just snap photos of exactly what I think I see with my own vision sometimes. I know the photos are not great--I need a new camera and these are taken with my cell phone and quick crops with Picasa. I didn't take them with intent on posting here originally but had thought to use them for my own reference. Since I'm an ignorant ijit about the geological technical details, I usually have no idea what I'm doing when I'm playing around with my tools. I would love to one day have the skills to bring out natural interesting things, whether fossil or geologic, so for now I practice on seeing what I can do with regular boring "leaverights". They actually often give very pretty results if they're in the right materials, and so the value is there for me to play with and see the results, and that's all that matters, right? I will post a couple more photos of the better snaps I have next post. Thanks in advance for any help & comments! I am so impressed with this board and have always received such patient and informative responses. If there is any way I can ever help any of you, I hope that I am in a position to do so, though my own areas of expertise consist mostly of a good imagination in terms of useful fossil info... lol

Hello again, all Probably 18 years ago, I found this round fossil in a creek on my property in West Central Illinois, (USA) and I want to know what it is. All retaliative information, weight/ height, ect, is located on the first picture, alond with tid-bits on the 3rd and 4th, as well. So....what is it and when was it alive????

I believe I got this from Roger Pabian (family member) either before or after he passed away a few years ago. I have been wondering what this thing is, and hoped to maybe get some input here. It is dark brown, round, somewhat smooth (kinda bumpy), and completely round and hard as a rock. I have a picture of it here... It reminds me of deer feces, since it is too big for a rabbit.

Hi. I am a bit of a rock hound, but living in a 185yo historic house in NJ I have become quite interested in historic items, and have unearthed many such objects in our yard over the years, including fossils. However, a picture uploaded to another Q&A thread caught my interest (via google search) as I found a very similar "ball" while digging for yellow ware near an old outhouse in PA close to the Ohio border. This metallic rusty-looking ball seems too light to be solid metal, definitely NOT lead. The feel in the hand of a geode or possibly a somewhat hollow metal/mineral, however I don't wish to bust it open as it seems very old. It feels similar to many sea life fossils I have found, but its shape is really throwing me off. It's about an inch in diameter. Would appreciate any help your collective great minds can offer on this vexing find! Best regards, ScotHibb

Hello. I signed up this evening after I looked over the board. As knowledgeable as the members here are I was hopeful you could help me. I know nothing about fossils, except they're mostly really old. Anyway, the ones in the pictures are from the Middle East (at least that's what my friend said). I tried to get the picture as clear as I could. I hope it's up to par. And thank you for your help! Greg.

Hello ! Thank you for having a site out there for wanderers like us . Can you identify these consecutive grooving patterns ? Are these fossils or just my imagination ? I've posted these pictures online on google+ here : The four "fossils" (Excuse the hair ;-p) And if it helps, I found them here at the banks of Ramganga river in India (Jim Corbett Park), here : Where I found them... It would be amazing to know the truth at least.

Hi everyone, I Stumble upon this during a rainy season, its a hilly region in the east of India. It weight almost like a stone, colored like a metallic rust and this looks like a walnut to me(but never this big size) . So if you guys got any clue Please help me out.

Hi folks, Years ago I found these two little rocks lying in a planter pot outside of our 100 year old ranch house. I don't know who put them there, but I decided to keep them. They are not perfectly round, and have wart-like imperfections on them that lead me to believe that they were not rounded by hand. I'm curious to know if anyone would have any clue as to what they are. They were found in the British Columbia interior in the desert mountains around Kamloops, but there's nothing saying that's their original home given where I found them. The rock itself feels fairly soft, and doesn't look to be anything special aside from the shape. Does anyone have any ideas? http://i593.photobuc...ty/IMG_0339.jpg http://i593.photobuc...ty/IMG_0334.jpg http://i593.photobuc...ty/IMG_0333.jpg http://i593.photobuc...ty/IMG_0332.jpg Thank you for any help